Choose Your SSO Adventure
It’s subscription season at the SSO! We’ve carefully programmed 16 concerts for you to choose from. Six Masters, four Pops, three Chamber and three Baroque. You can subscribe to everything, to each series, or make …
Talking with Sarah Moon
On April 27th, Sarah Yunji Moon comes back to Saskatoon for one final farewell. Sarah was the SSO’s Principal Flute for two seasons, and while we’re sad to see her go, we’re thrilled to have …
Motherhood and Mozart…
At our May 12th Mother’s Day concert at Convocation Hall, the SSO String Quartet will be performing a Mozart quartet that has a unique connection to motherhood. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in …
Beethoven’s Heroic 3rd Symphony
From its arresting opening chords to its marvelous finale, Beethoven’s 3rd symphony is majestic and a powerhouse of emotions. His life was changing, as were politics and philosophies. The world was becoming a different place…so …
Hatzis’ Departures
We’re thrilled to be performing Christos Hatzis’ Departures on April 27th. Little did we know when we programmed it that it would be a perfect and fitting way to send off our Principal Flute Sarah …
Mozart Requiem – baritone Daniel Thielmann
Putting on a large scale choral work gives the SSO a chance to showcase some of the exceptional vocal talents that Canada has to offer. For our Mozart Requiem we are excited to present the …
Mozart Requiem – tenor Michael Harris
For our performance of Mozart’s Requiem, we’re joined by long time SSO collaborator Michael Harris. Tenor Michael Harris was born in London, England, completed his Bachelor of Music at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, …
Mozart Requiem – mezzo soprano Jardena Gertler-Jaffe
The SSO loves being able to showcase the exceptional talents that comes out of our community – so its no surprise we’re excited to work with Jardena Gertler-Jaffe as she makes her SSO debut. Hailed …
Mozart Requiem – soprano Andrea Lett
We are so excited to feature soprano Andrea Lett in her SSO debut! Andrea grew up in Prince Albert, and has gone on to make quite a splash as a soprano across North America. Saskatoon …
Ichmouratov’s Youth Overture
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QSCO4gMUGM] This weekend we’re thrilled to be performing Airat Ichmouratov’s Youth Overture. The piece is a fantastical explosion of sound and energy, and asks a great deal from the orchestra – we’ve been looking …
Introducing Andréa Tyniec
As Andréa says, “we learn so much about ourselves when we experience a brand new piece of music.” And we like to think that experiencing a new artist on stage is also a wonderful chance to …
Raum’s King Lear
Saskatchewan composer Elizabeth Raum has left her imprint on the classical music landscape of Canada. We’re always delighted when we get a chance to play her music – and are very excited for the SSO …
A Winter’s Tale from Brian Burman
As part of our week exploring the musical impact of Shakespeare, the SSO Chamber Ensemble is exploring chamber works inspired by the plays of the bard. And we’re thrilled to be performing Brian Burman’s Winter’s …
Juliet’s Tomb and Beethoven’s Quartet
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3IzkrU8zt8] Beethoven never wanted his string quartets to have a programmatic nature, as some other composers had been given their own works. But years after being published, a story came to light that expressed …
Milhaud’s Creation of the World
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkUNchTOQJo&w=560&h=315] In the 1920’s, Darius Milhaud was part of an avant-garde group of French composers designated by the music critic Henri Collet as “Les Six.” This association was loose to say the least, and …
Ravel’s Jazzy Concerto
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b4-rXhKpMM] The works on this concert remind us that it didn’t take long for jazz to become the global music it is today. When jazz emerged around 1915—the word first appeared in a San …
Godwin Friesen – 2017 Shurniak Concerto Competition
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIeWG61ezZ0] Godwin Friesen made a big impression on the patrons of the SSO in the fall of 2016 when he was on stage with Thomas Yu to play Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals …
Atayoskewin by Malcom Forsyth
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0K0ipc8cN0] Atayoskewin is one of Forsyth’s most frequently-played compositions, and for a good reason: it is a brilliantly scored, imaginative, highly enjoyable evocation of three aspects of the Albertan northland, music that could only have …
Ravel’s Tribute to Fallen Friends
This exuberant and elegant orchestral suite was arranged from selected movements of the composer’s original piano version. Three movements (“Forlane,” “Minuet,” and “Rigaudon”) from this orchestration of Le tombeau received a dance interpretation from Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht, …
Merry Christmas, Stephen Leacock
Merry Christmas, Stephen Leacock! Humourist Stephen Leacock gave Canadians an identity at the time that the fairly new country needed a voice that bonded it ocean to ocean. His writings were honest and captured a …
Flanders Fields Reflections
As part of our SSO Remembers series, we’re honoured to present a performance of John Burge‘s Flanders Fields Reflections at our November 10th concert. The concert commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World …
A statement from ED Mark Turner
The first thought I had in the moment was that I wouldn’t be able to play piano the same way again. My life did not flash before my eyes (no pun intended), and time neither …
Confession Time: I didn’t always love baroque music
Here’s a hot take: baroque music is about to get EXCITING. Stay with me – I have a confession to make. I didn’t always love baroque music. As a young musician, I joked about baroque …
Who was Giovanni Punto…?
At our October 6th concert Carol Marie Cottin, the SSO’s Principal Horn, will be performing Giovanni Punto’s 5th Concerto for Horn….its the 5th of 16 concertos for horn. His lasting legacy as a horn composer …
